Amends the School Code. Defines "computer science education". Requires the State Board of Education to establish an Office of Computer Science Education and to select an Executive Director for that Office. Requires the Executive Director to work with a team of professionals assigned to the Office and with a variety of stakeholder groups toward ensuring that every student in kindergarten through grade 12 in this State is afforded an equal and equitable opportunity to obtain a world-class computer science education. Provides that from the amounts appropriated for its annual budget, the State Board must provide funding for computer science education that must be used exclusively for teacher salaries, ongoing professional development for teachers, and technology needed specifically for facilitating computer science education. With regard to the State Board's school report cards, provides that the curriculum information data must include data on computer science courses, which must be disaggregated by every student subgroup identity recognized by the State Board, including race, gender identity, and free or reduced-price lunch program eligibility. Requires the report cards to also include data on the amount of money allocated annually for computer science education. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/1-3 105 ILCS 5/2-3.47 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Subject to appropriation or private donations, requires the State Board of Education to make available to school districts grants to support computer science education; defines "computer science education". Requires a school district to use grant funds for educator salaries, professional development for educators, and the equipment needed to facilitate computer science education. Provides that the State Board shall prioritize the distribution of grants to Organizational Units assigned to Tier 1 or Tier 2 under the evidence-based funding formula. With regard to the State Board's school report cards, provides that the curriculum information data must include data on computer science courses. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act. Provides that the annual economic and fiscal policy report must include a projection of fund balances for each fund held in the State treasury, outlining for each fund revenues, expenditures, and the estimated end of year fund balance for the current fiscal year, the upcoming fiscal year, and the 4 previous years. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 3005/7.3 Adds reference to: 15 ILCS 20/50-5 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, together with the State budget, the Governor shall file a written report with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives containing the following: the actual or projected fund balances, revenues, and expenditures for all appropriated funds for the previous fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and the upcoming fiscal year. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Makes changes to the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 to provide that the report shall be submitted by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget (in the amendment, the Governor) no later than the third Wednesday of February of each year (in the amendment, the report shall be filed with the budget). Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Makes changes to the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 2 to provide that the report does not need to be written.
Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning employee rights. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 115 ILCS 5/3 Adds reference to: 110 ILCS 305/9 from Ch. 144, par. 30 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the University of Illinois Act. With regard to scholarships for children of veterans, provides that preference for scholarships shall be given to the children of veterans who were police officers or fire officers and were killed in the line of duty while employed by, or in the voluntary service of, this State or any local public entity in this State. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Creates the offense of operation of an uninsured motor vehicle causing death, a Class 4 felony. Provides that if a person convicted of the offense of uninsured operation of a motor vehicle causing death has previously been convicted 2 or more times of uninsured operation of a motor vehicle, operation of an uninsured motor vehicle causing bodily harm, or operation of an uninsured motor vehicle causing death, a fine of $5,000 in addition to any sentence of incarceration shall be imposed. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Changes the immediate effective date to an effective date of January 1, 2020. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, if a person is convicted of a third or subsequent offense of operation of an insured motor vehicle and the offense causes, as a proximate result of the person's operation of the motor vehicle, the death of one or more persons, the person is guilty of a Class 2 felony. Effective January 1, 2020.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 605 ILCS 5/1-101 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 2705/2705-211 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall create a website by which motorists in the State may report potholes, roadway maintenance issues, and other roadway dangers. Provides that the reports shall be forwarded to the appropriate Department district or unit of local government. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules concerning what information shall be required in reports to the website.
Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that "sale at retail" does not include the selling of food at retail to students, teachers, or staff during a school district designated breakfast or lunch period, serving some or all of grades kindergarten through 12. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Makes changes to the introduced bill to provide that "sale at retail" does not include the selling of food at retail to students, teachers, or staff, and not to the general public, during a school designated breakfast or lunch period, on the premises of a public or non-public school serving some or all of grades kindergarten through 12 that has an active identification number issued by the Department of Revenue.
Amends the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act. Provides that the State Police shall by rule establish a sexual assault evidence tracking system that conforms to the recommendations made by the Sexual Assault Evidence Tracking and Reporting Commission in its report dated June 26, 2018. Provides that the Department of State Police shall design the criteria for the sexual assault evidence tracking system so that, to the extent reasonably possible, the system can use existing technologies and products. Provides that the sexual assault evidence tracking system shall be operational no later than than one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that a treatment hospital, a treatment hospital with approved pediatric transfer, an out-of-state hospital approved by the Department of Public Health to receive transfers of Illinois sexual assault survivors, or an approved pediatric health care facility must comply with rules relating to the collection and tracking of sexual assault evidence adopted by the Department of State Police. Provides for the operations of the sexual assault tracking system to be funded by appropriations from the State Crime Laboratory Fund, together with asset forfeiture and other funds appropriated by the General Assembly. Authorizes emergency rulemaking. Exempts information in the sexual assault evidence tracking system from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Adds requirements and recommendations of the report created by the Sexual Assault Evidence Tracking and Reporting Commission issued on June 26, 2018 for implementation of the sexual assault evidence tracking system. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Veterans' Affairs to oversee the enrollment of all State agencies into the United States Department of Defense's SkillBridge program. Provides that all State agencies shall consider filling job vacancies within those agencies by transitioning active service members who participate in and qualify for enrollment into the United States Department of Defense SkillBridge program. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 430/1-1 Adds reference to: 15 ILCS 205/10 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Attorney General Act. Requires the Attorney General to compile data concerning accessibility violations and post that information on the Internet website of the Attorney General. Provides that the Attorney General shall identify the various types of construction-related physical access violations alleged in complaints, and shall tabulate the number of claims alleged for each type of violation in the complaints and the number of complaints in which the alleged violations were founded. Requires the Attorney General to periodically, but not less than every 6 months beginning July 31, 2020, post on the Internet website of the Attorney General a list, by type, of the 10 most frequent types of accessibility violations alleged in the complaints and the number of alleged violations for each listed type of violation for the prior 2 quarters, as well as the number of complaints in which the alleged violations were founded. Requires the Attorney General to, on a quarterly basis, identify and tabulate the number of accessibility violation complaints received by the Office of the Attorney General and the number of those complaints received by the Attorney General in which the alleged violations were founded, including whether such complaints were filed in State or federal court, and post that information of the Internet website of the Attorney General. Provides that beginning in 2020, and for each year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly on or before January 31 of the specified tabulated data for the preceding calendar year. Effective immediately.
Proposes to amend the Legislature and Finance Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that members of the General Assembly shall not receive a salary or allowances if the General Assembly fails to make appropriations for the State budget. Provides that the first bill to become law in a given year shall be a bill making State budget appropriations for an ensuing fiscal year. Effective upon being declared adopted.